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Wednesday, January 10, 2007

There has been continued outrage in the media regarding footage from what is believed to be the Iraqi version of “The Apprentice” that has been posted onto several websites in the middle east. Internet blogs reveal that the format has changed to make it more relevant to the Iraqi viewer. So now, instead of competing to be a salaried lapdog of a 1980s entrepreneur who now concentrates on media exposure, the Iraqi version has contestants competing in a series of trials to determine their future role in the reconstructed war zone.The leaked video footage shows the result of one of these trials in which the contestant remonstrates with the series judge in an executive courtroom. Controversy, however, surrounds the manner in which one contestant, known in media circles only as “Saddam” left the series and the unsubtle way that the celebrated catchphrase of “You’re fired!” has been replaced with “You’re dropped!” and is even acted out in the final scene.

“The Iraqis have taken this franchise and distorted it too far from its roots, “ complained Sir Alan Billingsworth, a former governor of the BBC. “What they have in Iraq is nothing like what we have in the west and what we tried to give them. I believe there was talk of sticking with ‘You’re fired!’ but the producers refused to act that one out. Mind you, I hear that a local Baghdad channel has a lower budget version where they have ’You’re axed!’ as the catchphrase. That really is extreme TV.”

Channel 4 said that they always keep a close eye on developments within the reality TV format but denied that recent construction work on the Celebrity Big Brother house is related to the leaked video. In contrast a source close to the production company Endemol said “Well our version has got a bit absurd, and maybe a ‘below stairs revolution’ could be a way to finally kill off Jade Goody”.

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It is true that the British and Papal forces are locked instruggle. But it is also important to realise who their partners are,even if the partnership have cracks. The British are aligned with theJewish, Byzantine and Hindu forces. The Papal forces are alignedwith the Islamic and Confucian forces.

Cromwell brought back Britain's Jews and made them loyal to theBritish agenda. America's Puritans were also aligned with the Jews.Disraeli made Israel part of the British agenda. Jefferson andFranklin were instructed by a Greek named Paradise how to write theConstituion and set up universities loyal to the Greek agenda.Byzantines have a politburo called "Archons" to which even Gorbachevbelongs. The Byzantine forces have control over Russia as well as theold Alexandrian hegemonies of Egypt and Syria. This is why Greekshippers control Arab and Russian oil. Greek shippers shipped slavesto America which were captured by Arabs and their African allies.Greek-born British Prince Philip has reverted to Orthodox Christianityin his old-age. All the money in India is in Orthodox Christian,Zorastrian or Jewish hands. As the USA is moving towards a Papalmajority, the British hegemony is moving jobs to India, which is morelikely to be aligned with British interests.

The Papacy always had good ties to Islam, not just because ofabortion. The Papacy has always used Islam and Confucianism againsttheir enemies. Marco Polo reopened ties to China, which they saw as acounterforce to Byzantium and Russia. Even when Muhammad was alive,the Papacy wanted to use Islam to destabilize Byzantium. The Popeopposed any action against Saddam because Tariq Aziz was a PapalChaldean. Hitler was a Papal altar boy and was aligned with Islam andJapan.